#B237CC#B237CC

#B237CC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.231 H 320.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B237CC
RGB	rgb(178, 55, 204)
HSL	hsl(290, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(290, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 73%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.70, 68.21, -52.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.70, 86.35, 322.18°)
OKLab	oklab(57.92% 0.1767 -0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(57.92% 0.231 320)
XYZ	xyz(30.6240, 16.5585, 58.6981)
Luminance	0.1656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B237CC #51CC37

analogous

#6737CC #B237CC #CC379C

triadic

#B237CC #CCB237 #37CCB2

tetradic

#B237CC #CC6737 #51CC37 #379CCC

square

#B237CC #CC6737 #51CC37 #379CCC

split-complementary

#B237CC #9CCC37 #37CC67

monochromatic

#5F1C6D #89289E #B237CC #C568D8 #D899E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#B237CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#B237CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B237CC

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B237CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B237CC	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4575C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3557F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b237cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 55, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.231 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7adc',
    500: '#b237cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b237cc;
$custom-light: #cd7adc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b237cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.53,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57917,
    "c": 0.23075,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.16557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B237CC

secondary

#9AD08E

accent

#E34561

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFB

border

#D3C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B237CC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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